In the end, Frank McCourt will get the last laugh. The embattled owner of Major League Baseball?s , ridiculed by his team?s supporters and forced to sell his trophy franchise by commissioner Bud Selig, is going to pocket more than $400 million when all is said and done. Here?s the math: Let?s say the Dodgers ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:25

It's popular political strategy now to use the rising price of gasoline as a call for more domestic oil drilling, as if giving voters cheaper gas is just a matter of getting more rigs into home turf. But investors who fall for this dubious linkage are sure to be disappointed. More U.S. drilling won't lower ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:25

Though Microsoft was 2-3 years late to the U.S. smartphone market, it has a chance of capturing some share in the relatively nascent smartphone markets in countries like China and other emerging markets.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:25

Return on equity is a time-honored metric designed to measure a company's ability to turn assets into profits. According to theory, a company with the highest ROE among its peers is most likely to bring the best returns to shareholders. But investors these days should be very skeptical of taking ROE at face value. Consider ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:25

In trading on Friday, shares of Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc. (NYSE: PNY) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $31.22, changing hands as high as $31.24 per share. Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc. shares are currently trading up about 0.5% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of PNY ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:25

How to deal with a CP 2000 notice from the IRS.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:25

This twelfth trading week of 2012 comes to a close with investors analyzing the latest housing data indicating that the housing market may be a long way from a recovery. Welcome to the ?Weekly Market Wrap? for Friday March 23, 2012. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were lower for the week ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:25

In trading on Friday, shares of Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $42.38, changing hands as high as $42.59 per share. Cardinal Health, Inc. shares are currently trading up about 1.6% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of CAH shares, versus its 200 ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:25

Coventry Health (CVH) was upgraded today by Goldman Sachs (GS) to buy from neutral with a price target of $42, as the firm believes that it is gaining market share in the public sector managed care business. Shares are about even in afternoon trading. Discover Financial Services (DFS) was upgraded today by Goldman Sachs (GS) ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:25

Guest post written by??Rajeev Batra and Robin Vasan Rajeev Batra and Robin Vasan invest in early-stage companies that leverage the drivers of big data, cloud infrastructure and SaaS applications at the Mayfield Fund. In tech circles, the??new paradigm of handling massive volumes of information has dominated the discussion about the future of enterprise for a ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:25